Note: this page has been reissued to include second release variables non response rates.

NON-RESPONSE RATES, NEW SOUTH WALESPlace of enumeration count (a)

2006

2001

Variable

Persons for whom question wasrelevant

Persons from
whom there was no response

Non-responserate

Persons for whom
question was
relevant

Persons from
whom there was no response

Non-responserate

no.

no.

%

no.

no.

%

PERSON VARIABLES

AGEP (Age) (b)

6 585 734

340 938

5.18

6 371 745

265 514

4.17

ANC1P (Ancestry1) (c)

6 528 690

547 110

8.38

6 311 168

463 774

7.35

ASSNP (Core Activity Need for Assistance) (d)

6 528 690

428 368

6.56

na

na

na

BPFP (Country of Birth of Mother) (e)

6 528 690

479 687

7.35

6 311 168

396 573

6.28

BPLP (Country of Birth of Person) (e)

6 528 690

467 637

7.16

6 311 168

385 409

6.11

BPMP (Country of Birth Father) (e)

6 528 690

472 483

7.24

6 311 168

315 375

5.00

CHCAREP (Unpaid Child Care) (d) (f)

5 231 595

497 887

9.52

na

na

na

CITP (Australian Citizenship)

6 528 690

453 587

6.95

6 311 168

340 063

5.39

DOMP (Unpaid Domestic Work) (d) (f)

5 231 595

548 038

10.48

na

na

na

EMPP (Number of Employees) (d) (f)

485 978

10 610

2.18

na

na

na

EMTP (Employment Type) (d) (f)

2 901 481

29 212

1.01

na

na

na

ENGP (Proficiency in Spoken English) (g)

1 312 977

21 604

1.65

1 196 204

22 848

1.91

GNGP (Government/Non-government Employer Indicator) (f) (h)

2 901 481

41 824

1.44

2 748 396

71 607

2.61

HRSP (Hours Worked) (f)

2 901 481

83 416

2.87

2 748 396

84 480

3.07

HSCP (Highest Year of School Completed) (f)

5 231 595

534 226

10.21

4 997 818

419 425

8.39

INCP (Individual Income) (f)

5 231 595

476 010

9.10

4 997 818

409 122

8.19

IND06P (Industry of Employment) (f) (i)

2 901 481

42 398

1.46

2 748 396

50 508

1.84

INGP (Indigenous Status)

6 528 690

387 583

5.94

6 311 168

290 008

4.60

LANP (Language Spoken at Home)

6 258 690

383 604

5.88

6 311 168

337 471

5.35

LFS06P (Labour Force Status) (f) (j)

5 231 595

353 009

6.75

na

na

na

MSTP (Registered Marital Status) (b) (f)

5 283 079

292 336

5.53

5 052 247

197 947

3.92

MTWP (Method of Travel to Work) (f)

2 901 481

54 081

1.86

2 748 396

49 163

1.79

OCC06P (Occupation) (f) (k)

2 901 481

24 863

0.86

2 748 396

33 307

1.21

PURP (Place of Usual Residence on Census Night) SLA level (l)

6 528 690

376 894

5.77

na

na

na

SLAUCP (SLA of Usual Residence on Census Night) (l)

na

na

na

6 326 579

15 974

0.25

PUR1P (Place of Usual Residence One Year Ago) (l) (m)

6 441 616

399 988

6.21

na

na

na

SLAU1P (SLA of Usual Residence One Year Ago) (l) (m)

na

na

na

6 232 244

303 847

4.88

PUR5P (Place of Usual Residence Five Years Ago) (l) (n)

6 108 790

459 218

7.52

na

na

na

SLAU5P (SLA of Usual Residence Five Years Ago) (l) (n)

na

na

na

5 888 827

316 743

5.38

QALFP (Non-School Qualification: Field of Study (f)

2 249 313

61 184

2.72

1 923 716

71 090

3.70

QALLP (Non-School Qualification: Level of Education) (f)

2 249 313

87 880

3.91

1 923 716

111 661

5.80

RELP (Religious Affiliation) (o)

6 528 690

653 678

10.01

6 311 168

564 500

8.94

RLNP (Residential Status in a Non-Private Dwelling) (p)

189 502

26 338

13.90

170 114

15 147

8.90

STUP (Full/Part-Time Student Status)

6 528 690

503 897

7.72

6 311 168

297 471

4.71

TISP (Number of Children Ever Born) (q)

2 680 687

191 511

7.14

na

na

na

TYPP (Type of Educational Institution Attending) (r)

1 590 089

71 317

4.49

1 625 652

51 821

3.19

UAI1P (Usual Address Indicator One Year Ago) (m)

6 441 616

390 801

6.07

6 232 244

293 780

4.71

UAI5P (Usual Address Indicator Five Years Ago) (n)

6 108 790

433 224

7.09

5 888 827

290 052

4.93

UNCAREP (Unpaid Assistance to a Person with a Disability) (d) (f)

5 231 595

548 296

10.48

na

na

na

VOLWP (Voluntary Work for an Organisation or Group) (d) (f)

5 231 595

519 122

9.92

na

na

na

YARP (Year of Arrival in Australia)YARP (Year of Arrival in Australia)(s)

1 553 095

73 924

4.76

1 475 079

70 808

4.80

2006

2001

Variable

Dwellings
for which
question
was relevant

Dwellings
from which
there was
no response

Non-responserate

Dwellings
for which
question
was relevant

Dwellings
from which
there was
no response

Non-
response
rate

no.

no.

%

no.

no.

%

DWELLING VARIABLES

BEDD (Number of Bedrooms in Private Dwelling) (t)

2 470 452

165 912

6.72

2 343 677

105 956

4.52

HLRD (Housing Loan Repayments - monthly) (u)

745 336

60 337

8.10

546 195

29 793

5.45

LLDD (Landlord Type) (v)

700 654

19 891

2.84

675 434

14 915

2.21

NEDD (Type of Internet Connection) (d) (t)

2 470 452

195 474

7.91

na

na

na

RNTD (Rent - weekly) (v)

700 654

23 375

3.34

675 434

25 097

3.72

STRD (Dwelling Structure) (w)

2 728 720

2 324

0.09

2 571 540

23 983

0.93

TEND (Tenure Type) (t)

2 470 452

183 852

7.44

2 343 677

123 879

5.29

VEHD (Number of Motor vehicles) (t)

2 470 452

206 016

8.34

2 343 677

170 408

7.27

Footnotes:(a) The Place of Enumeration count refers to the count of people in the state/territory they were located on Census Night. This count:

includes overseas visitors for Age (AGEP) and Registered Marital Status (MSTP)

excludes overseas visitors for all other person variables

excludes Australian residents temporarily overseas.

(b) Includes overseas visitors.(c) For 2006, two variables, Ancestry1 (ANC1P) and Ancestry2 (ANC2P) were used to record responses separately. For 2001, both ancestry responses were coded to a single variable, Ancestry (ANCP). (d) New variable for 2006.(e) In 2006, this variable's name changed from Birthplace, to Country of Birth.(f) Persons aged 15 years and over.(g) Persons who speak a language other than English at home. Excludes non-respondents to the Language Spoken at Home (LANP) question.(h) Replaces the Industry Sector (GNGP) variable. Differs from the 2001 category in that Community Development Employment Projects Participation (CDEP) has been deleted.(i) Industry of Employment is coded to a revised classification (ANZSIC 2006) for the 2006 Census.(j) The derivation of Labour Force Status has changed between 2001 and 2006, and is not comparable. (k) Occupation is coded to a new classification (ANZSCO) for the 2006 Census.(l) PURP, PUR1P and PUR5P are new hierarchical variables, combining the concepts of State of usual residence, SLA of usual residence, and CD of usual residence, which were output as separate fields in previous censuses. The non-response rate represents the number and percentage of people who gave no information, at any geographic level, regarding their usual residence at a specific point of time.(m) Persons aged 1 year and over.(n) Persons aged 5 years and over.(o) Answering this census question is optional.(p) Persons in a non-private dwelling.(q) Females aged 15 years and over. New variable for 2006. It was last included in 1996.(r) Persons attending an educational institution. Excludes non-respondents to the Full/Part-Time Student Status (STUP) question.(s) Persons born overseas, but excludes overseas visitors.(t) Includes all occupied private dwellings.(u) Occupied private dwellings being purchased. Includes dwellings being purchased under a rent/buy scheme.(v) Occupied private dwellings being rented. Includes dwellings being occupied rent free.(w) Includes all occupied and unoccupied private dwellings. A Collector, not householder, provides the response.

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